Boonlua Chatree
Pattaya Police arrested a Vietnamese woman allegedly
trying to steal 50,000 baht worth of jeans from a Central Festival
Pattaya Beach boutique.
Nguyen Thi Hien has been arrested for shoplifting.
Nguyen Thi Hien, 23, was nabbed by a security guard
at the True Religion clothing store with four pairs of blue jeans valued
at 12,000 baht to 14,300 baht each. They were found inside a paper bag
with foil in the inside to deflect signals from security tags on the
pants.
Following Nguyen’s arrest, Wanlapa Yaowalert, a
manager with the nearby Ed Hardy shop, accused the Vietnamese woman of
being one of four people who’d stolen more than 250,000 baht in clothing
from her shop. Police went to the Ed Hardy store to review its security
footage.
Nguyen was charged with theft and police are
searching for her alleged accomplices.
